How do you meet the unknown scalability requirements for viral social networking Facebook applications? Thuzi
is a Microsoft partner who has created a framework for delivering viral social networking campaigns via Facebook using
Windows Azure,
ASP.NET MVC, and the
Facebook .NET SDK. They…

When Sven Groot was in town a while ago (this summer?) we dropped by Erik Meijer's world and got a look at what he and his team of superdevelopers are up to (thus there really is no out-of-date property of this fun and insightful interview that is as off-the-cuff
as it gets: heavy Channel 9 ).…

According to a post on the Gladinet blog, their company’s Windows software program called Gladinet Cloud Desktop can help Amazon S3 users easily migrate content from that online service to the new service offered by Windows Azure. To accomplish this, the Gladinet software integrates with Windows…

Here is a quick video (4 mins 34 secs) to outline the Web based services that are part of the Windows Azure Platform. The video calls out traditional options you have to inter-connect applications, and then the ways you can use the Service Bus to address
communication, authentication and other…

Here is a short walk thru of Windows Azure and the many ways it takes away your infrastructure headaches and lets your focus on the app you want to design, test and deploy at scale.
You will learn of the key building blocks: the AppFabric, storage and the resulting developer experience. One…

This is first of a series of brief, to-the-point videos on the Windows Azure platform created by folks in the team. This video offers an overview of the platform itself.
Developers get to focus on the code IT Pros can shift focus from commodity tasks to bigger problems of their business in…

MSDN Events is hosting some local deep dives into Windows Azure and cloud computing. If you happen to be in one of the cities below, you can register for the free courses at
http://www.msdnevents.com. The course will cover data storage, SQL Azure, and deployment of apps on Windows Azure. City list…

Are you wondering how to get started with Windows Azure? Join me in this quick video featuring Steve Marx as we walk through a simple 'Hello World' application in Windows Azure. See how easy it is to get started using Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio
- develop, debug, and publish to the…